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Preston North End vs Blackburn Rovers Prediction: Can Mowbray's Return Spark a Lancashire Derby Win?
The EFL Championship returns for Matchweek 5 with a Lancashire derby at Deepdale on 5 September 2026. Preston sit rock bottom after four games without a point, while Blackburn are 13th on five with a level goal difference. The motivations…
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- Matchweek 5 of the 2026-2027 Championship brings Preston North End against Blackburn Rovers on 2026-09-05 (kick-off 12:30 GMT).
- Expect 4-5 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 22 fouls this match from Referee A. Backhouse based on their last 10 games.
- With the data available to us, P. Heckingbottom and Tony Mowbray have not met as managers before.
- Preston North End have accumulated 0 points to lie 24th whereas Blackburn Rovers have 5 points to sit 13th.
- Preston North End misses 3 players: B. Potts (Ankle Injury), T. Carroll (Ankle Injury), A. McCann (Injury) but Blackburn Rovers misses 9 players: T. Atcheson (Red Card), M. Baradji (Hamstring Injury), M. Jorgensen (Hamstring Injury), A. Kargbo (Muscle Injury), L. Miller (Achilles Tendon Injury), Y. Ohashi (Inactive), M. Litherland (Muscle Injury), H. Pickering (Inactive), S. Wharton (Achilles Tendon Injury).
- We're predicting Preston North End to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Blackburn Rovers are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- In their last outing, Preston North End's highest-rated performer was J. Thompson (6.9), while Blackburn Rovers's standout was S. McLoughlin (7.3).
- Preston North End suffered a 1-3 defeat to Bristol City, while Blackburn Rovers managed a 0-0 draw versus Lincoln City.
- Struggling form all round: Preston North End are 0-0-5 and Blackburn Rovers are 1-2-2 in their recent 5 matches.
- Dominance for Preston North End: across 20 clashes, they've won 8 games and only lost 7 games to Blackburn Rovers, with 5 stalemates.
- Our algorithm actually favours an away win: Blackburn Rovers to win 2-1, despite Preston North End's 0-0-2 home form - Blackburn Rovers's strong 0-2-0 record away with 1.50 goals/game does the trick.
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| 9' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 26' | Y. Ribeiro | ||
| 27' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 40' | S. Morsy | ||
| 42' | D. Burgzorg | ||
HT 2 - 0 | |||
| 51' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 52' | S. Mills | ||
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| 65' | H. Clarke | ||
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| 89' | J. Thompson | ||
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Preston is going head to head with Blackburn on 5/9/2026 11:30 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Preston v Blackburn H2H statistics!